Hi Guys. I need a little help here. My 2013 Tenere needs a replacement tank. The previous one was smashed in an accident. I have been lucky enough to buy one in the UK at a really good price off a 2008 model, shipped it out here to NZ and have started putting the bits on it to find that the Fuel cap has a little something extra on my model...

The '08 tank has one breather pipe and the '13 has two. Looking into the fuel cap, it looks like it has a pressure valve, and I think it may prevent the tank being opened while the engine is running. There seems to be a little pin that locks it shut.

Can someone confirm this for me?

Has anyone removed it yet? What needs to be done to acheive this?

Unfortunately the '08 manual doesn't have the second tube in it... Does anyone have a later workshop manual?

Thanks

The post 2012 bikes do have a slightly different two pipe breather arrangement (and the abs one's different again).

Can't help you with a later service manual, but what I can suggest is having a look at the online parts catalogue which has exploded diagrams of the later model's parts and how they go together.

http://www.yamaha-motor.eu/uk/services/online-parts-catalogue-uk/index.aspx (Hopefully you can access this outside the EU?)

I can't see why an earlier tank can't be made to work on a later bike. Only the one breather is necessary for the fuel system to function properly. The addition of the second one will just be to meet changed emissions or safety legislation.

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Thanks Pleiades. The parts diagrams is accessible outside the EU. Sort of helps a bit.

It would make sense about the emissions. I'll have to trace the piping out to the source and see how to eliminate it.